Powerful jets and weak outflows: HH 1-2 and HH 34

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view Abstract Citations (48) References (30) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS Powerful Jets and Weak Outflows: HH 1--2 and HH 34 Chernin, Lawrence M. ; Masson, Colin R. Abstract We have mapped the molecular outflows in the regions surrounding the Herbig-Haro (HH) 1-2 and HH 34 jets. The molecular outflows associated with the jets are predominantly redshifted, as expected for outflows that originate near the front surfaces of clouds. The HH 1-2 region contains a 0.3 solar masses outflow originating near the very large array (VLA) continuum and H2O maser source 1.3 min to the northwest of the driving source of the HH 1-2 optical flow. We can put a rough upper limit of 0.03 solar masses on the amount of molecular outflow associated with the HH 1-2 jet. The HH 34 molecular outflow is well aligned with the jet axis but amounts only to a mass of 0.003 solar masses, making it one of the weakest outflows measured. Since these outflows are so weak, we estimate that the jets must have deposited more than two orders of magnitude more momentum in the intercloud medium (ICM) than the ambient cloud. This suggests that shocks generated by the jet may exist far outside the cloud boundaries, and have a significant effect on the ICM. Publication: The Astrophysical Journal Pub Date: April 1995 DOI: 10.1086/175512 Bibcode: 1995ApJ...443..181C Keywords: Herbig-Haro Objects; Interstellar Matter; Jet Flow; Mapping; Molecular Clouds; Red Shift; Pre-Main Sequence Stars; Star Formation; Stellar Winds; Very Large Array (Vla); Water Masers; Astrophysics; ISM: JETS AND OUTFLOWS; STARS: FORMATION; STARS: MASS LOSS; STARS: PRE--MAIN-SEQUENCE full text sources ADS | data products SIMBAD (11)